Samantha Ellwood
Executive Director and Owner
Providence Connections

My mission is to educate and empower early learning professionals to advocate for increased investments in early learning and to not only enhance quality, but also to professionalize the wages enabling staff to continue and grow in their early childhood career.

Office of Child Development and Early Learning
MENTOR
Karen Grimm-Thomas
Director of External Relations
+ Employment History
January 2016
Executive Director
Providence Connections, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2015
Associate Director of Educational Programs
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2011
Manager of Education Programs
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
March 2010
Assistant Education Staff Manager
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
M.S., Curriculum and Assessment - Elementary Education
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA
B.A., Communication, Concentration in Public Relations and Marketing
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
Johnstown, PA